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Requiem · 08-02-2009, 06:25 PM

This thread actually caused me to join the forums though I have frequented them many times before. To commit a little blasphemy here, I think anything by Shakespeare is dreadfully dull. (I know these aren't books per se) The stories themselves when broken down can fit in about 3 pages of typical succinct writing, and they all tend to end the same.

I also despise anything by Stephen King, I have forced myself to read most of his works, including his writings as Richard Bachman and his even earlier writings i.e. the first Gunslinger. (ended up reading them all, despite the strange feeling I got, quite similar to the feeling I got when I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) His typical style is just such a turnoff for me that I can't even pay attention to his stories. I loved Michael Crichton when I was younger, but can't stand his self indulgence now.

For contrast my favorite authors are Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath is my favorite book), Ken Follet but only the Cathedral books (Pillars of the Earth and World Without End), I happen to like Ernest Hemmingway, and have yet to figure out why. I also liked the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. (Though I didn't have as much love for his second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns).

There are many more books that I like in comparison to disike, but those specific authors and their works put a bile taste in my throat, possibly because shakespeare has been shoved there so much.

08-02-2009, 06:25 PM	#149
Requiem Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 490328 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Device: Asus Transformer	This thread actually caused me to join the forums though I have frequented them many times before. To commit a little blasphemy here, I think anything by Shakespeare is dreadfully dull. (I know these aren't books per se) The stories themselves when broken down can fit in about 3 pages of typical succinct writing, and they all tend to end the same. I also despise anything by Stephen King, I have forced myself to read most of his works, including his writings as Richard Bachman and his even earlier writings i.e. the first Gunslinger. (ended up reading them all, despite the strange feeling I got, quite similar to the feeling I got when I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) His typical style is just such a turnoff for me that I can't even pay attention to his stories. I loved Michael Crichton when I was younger, but can't stand his self indulgence now. For contrast my favorite authors are Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath is my favorite book), Ken Follet but only the Cathedral books (Pillars of the Earth and World Without End), I happen to like Ernest Hemmingway, and have yet to figure out why. I also liked the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. (Though I didn't have as much love for his second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns). There are many more books that I like in comparison to disike, but those specific authors and their works put a bile taste in my throat, possibly because shakespeare has been shoved there so much.